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January 10, 2016
We have forgotten both the classics and the Constitution in our civilizational vanity to the detriment of our safety.
Now as the Western Spring begins in earnest the issue whichrebels must grapple with is not only who can best lead them against the status quo, but who can do so Constitutionally. In any descent into chaos, some thought must be given to the means by which a return can be made to sanity. Once the public would have been familiar with the classic story of how Theseus slew the Minotaur, a monster who dwelt in the Labyrinth, a mazelike structure so baffling that even if Theseus could defeat the monster, he could never find his way out again. Theseus solved the problem by unwinding a length of string from the entrance. Finding a way out after slaying the Minotaur is every revolutionary's problem. But we have forgotten both the classics and the Constitution in our civilizational vanity to the detriment of our safety. We have learned how to wander but forgotten how to reckon where we are. -- The Western Spring
Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 10, 2016 8:27 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.